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Differs from S. eiiropcea in having all the underparts creamy or 

 ochraceous instead of white ; only the chin, the upper throat, and 

 the lower half of the ear-coverts white : flanks and under tail-coverts 

 like these parts in S. europfpci. Total length about 5 inches. 



Culmen. Wing. Tail. Tarsus, 

 in. in. in. in. 



S . England 0-81 3-3 Vlo 0-8 



S . Asia Minor 074 3-2 174 0-8 



5 . Germany 0-8 3-4 1-85 0-8o 



06s. Specimens from Southern Europe and from Asia Minor have 

 the underparts more richly coloured than the more northern ones. 



Hah. llepresents the northern species in Western, Central, and 

 Southern Europe ; it also extends its range into Asia Minor and 

 Southern Siberia and China {S. sinensis). As it is also recorded 

 from Algiers and from the Canary Islands, it may be said to inhabit 

 the southern half of the Palsearctic region. 



a. 2 ad. sk. Avington, Hants, Nov. 25, Capt. Shelley [P.]. 



1872. 



b, c. Ad. sk. Avington, Hants, Nov. 25, E. Shelley, Esq. [P.]. 



1872. 



d. Ad. sk. Avington, Nov. 11, 1873. E. B. Sharpe, Esq. [P.]. 



e. /■. c? $ ad. sk. Cookham, Berks. R. B. Sharpe, Esq. [P.]. 

 g^h. S $ ad. sk. Surrey, Jan. 1857. F. D. Godman and 0. 



Salvin, Esqrs. [P.]. 



i, k. 3 Q ad. sk. Surrey, Jan. 1857. F. D. Godman and 0. 



Sah-in, Esqrs. [P.]. 



I. 2 ad. sk. Middlesex, Sept. 30, 1856. F. D. Godman and 0. 



Salvin, Esqrs. [P.]. 



m. S ad. sk. Egham, Surrey, October. Gould Collection. 



n. Imm. sk. Berkshire, Jime. Gould Collection. 



0. Ad. sk. Berkshire, June. J. Gould, Esq. [C.]. 



p. Juv. sk. Cambridgeshire. Mr. J. Baker [C.]. 

 q, r. <S 2 ad. st. Cambridgeshire. 

 s. Nesthng st. Cambridgeshu'e. 



t. S ad. St. France. R. B. Shai-pe, Esq. [P.]. 



u. 2 ad. sk. Saxony, Sept. 17, 1848. Gould Collection. 



V. 2 ad. sk. Belgium, Apiil 12, 1844. Brussels INIuseum [P.]. 



w. d ad. sk. Paris {J. Gould). India Museum [P.]. 



X. S ad. sk. Bordeaux. Gould Collection. 



y c? ad. sk. Alum Dagh, Asia Minor, F. D. Godman and O. 



Dec. 27, 1868 (Eobson). Salvin, Esqrs. [P.]. 



z. (5 ad. sk. Buyididere, Dec. 29 (Hob- E. B. Sharpe, Esq. [P.]. 



son). 



a'. Ad. sk. Belgi-ade, Feb. 5, 1873 E. B. Sharpe, Esq. [P.]. 



(Hobson). 



b' 2 ad. sk. Tam-us, Dec. 15, 1875 (C, F. D. Godman and 0. 



G. Danford). Salviu, Esqrs. [P.]. 



c' S ad.sk. Taurus, April 6, 1876 (C. F. D. Godman and 0. 



G. Danford). Salvin, Esqrs. [P.]. 



d'. Skeleton. England. Zoological Society. 

 e'. Skeleton. England. 



f. Skull. England. 



'g'. Skull. England. J. Eae, Esq. [P.]. 



h'. Sternum. England. J. Eae, Esq. [P.]. 



